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18 Nov Beyond Telluride Film Fest: Payne’s “Nebraska”
Ok, alright. I admit it. I am biased. First screened at the Telluride Film Festival, we did handstands for Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” – and have been waiting for others to join in with hosannas. (And for more Oscar buzz.) Trolling the Internet, I came across...
20 Oct Telluride Film Fest: All is (Hardly) Lost
Been over this ground before. The consensus among attendees is that the 40th annual Telluride Film Fest was the best in the history of one of the best film festivals in the world. And among the best screenings at the best fest was J.C. Chandor’s...
11 Oct Beyond Telluride Film Fest: “Gravity”
As the fall film festival whirligig draws to a close, the co-directors of the Telluride Film Festival must feel vindicated by the plaudits being heaped on many of their picks, including the technical tour de force and blockbuster-in-the-making, “Gravity.” Here’s the Rappler’s spin, by KD...
09 Oct Beyond Telluride Film Fest: “Tim’s Vermeer”
And the beat goes on. At the close of the fall film festival season, I came upon yet another article about a Telluride Film Festival favorite, the documentary “Tim’s Vermeer,” this one from The Hollywood Reporter. “THR’s awards analyst would be surprised if both films,...
02 Oct Telluride Film Fest: Cinema at Library Monday
The Telluride Film Festival and Wilkinson Public Library are excited to announce the 2013-14 Cinematheque lineup. The series, entitled “They Came to Telluride: Women Behind the Lens” and programmed by Telluride Film Festival co-artistic director Gary Meyer, explores influential women filmmakers from an international stage, all...
03 Sep Telluride Film Festival: All Is Lost + Gravity
“It’s ironic: after creating Sundance (1980) no one asked ME to be in a film…” “I love the detail work around every moment of the film (All Is Lost) and physically losing myself in the character when the only thing left for him to do...
02 Sep Telluride Film Festival: Line-up at the After Fest
The Telluride Film Festival just ended, with the 40th year producing one of the most successful (read robust, no clunkers) weekends in the history of the event. What exactly do we mean? Our review will be up on Wednesday, but yes, there is already Oscar...
28 Aug Telluride Film Fest: Overview #4, Meyer on Herzog & More for 40th
Werner Herzog and Telluride Film Fest’s newest venue: Telluride Film Festival co-director Gary Meyer, who became a director seven years ago after #33 remembers when he first came to the annual celebration of film and filmmakers. “I sadly missed the first year of the Telluride...